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12 April 2010 - Latest news and information from various United Nations agencies in Afghanistan.
MACCA CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON DEMINERS
KABUL - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted in the death of five deminers and a further 17 being injured.
11 April 2010 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan today launched in Kabul the UNDP Asia-Pacific Human Development Report identifying three key areas “where policy interventions will produce results for gender equality” – building economic power; promoting political vo
11 April 2010 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Afghan Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) have signed the Annual Work Plan on Gender as they renewed their commitment to reduce gender-based violence and empower women in Afghanistan.
11 April 2010 - Mohamed Yacoub, 60 years old, collects a bag full of wheat and peas, a can containing cooking oil, a small portion of salt. His hands are thick from working the land; his face burnt spending days under the sun.
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